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06-17-2012, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Rowangreen
What was the French botanist's actual name?
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Achille Finet. There are apparently a non-orchid genus named for him, and this was a "new" one - hence neofinetia - avoiding confusion. |
06-17-2012, 10:55 AM
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Too funny missmolly! Having studied Latin for 6 years, I always pronounce it like ai in aisle!!!! LOL....
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Unfortunately "Classic" Latin (which I studied too), "Church" Latin, and botanical Latin are all different!
And with Camille trying to describe how a Frenchman would say a Latinized word tickles me. |
06-17-2012, 11:56 AM
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Thanks Ray. I was thinking it would be Fine, in which case 'Fin - eh' would definitely be wrong.
Re French pronunciation... it's a long time since I did it, but I can confirm the t would not normally be pronounced, unless there's something after it. However I was always told to pronounce such extras as if they were part of what follows, which would make it 'fineh tiah' rather than 'finet iah'
And I guess it being a real name might make a difference to the pronunciation!
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09-14-2012, 07:28 PM
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So how do people pronounce Cattleya?
The AOS says "CAT-lee-ah" but it seems everyone I hear pronounces it "Cat-lay-uh".
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09-14-2012, 08:46 PM
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I say "Cat-lee-ah"
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09-14-2012, 10:49 PM
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Cat-lee-ah
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I say "Cat-lee-ah"
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Great, that makes at least 2 of us, so I will keep pronouncing it that way. |
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09-14-2012, 11:02 PM
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Great, that makes at least 2 of us, so I will keep pronouncing it that way.
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hehe - my very first orchid book including pronunciations of some more popular genera, I'm sure I got it from there  |
09-15-2012, 03:55 AM
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I'm for Cattley-a. After all it was named after a guy named Cattley.
On the subject of pronunciations, how do you guys pronounce capillipes as in Den. capillipes? To me it appears to be capill- ipes as opposed to cap- ill - opes.
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09-15-2012, 04:29 PM
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I'm for Cattley-a. After all it was named after a guy named Cattley.
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Yes, I would think that the orchid genus name should follow the pronunciation of the surname Cattley. So is that surname pronounced "lay" or "lee"? |
09-16-2012, 05:41 AM
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Caht lay uh
Stahyn hoe pay uh
In Crawford it's: Them thar cattle layerz
Cattlelayer nukeyoulerr blue. 
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